Episode 46 - Translation from The Two Vague Podcast

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Episode 46 - Translation

1 hour 15 minutes Posted May 15, 2022 at 11:22 pm.

This week Ben and Tahnee are talking about the word translation!

“The Alchemist” is better translated to English than in the original Portuguese?

Tahnee’s thoughts on two books she read that were translated from Japanese

Ben thinks “District B-13” and “Shaolin Soccer” didn’t need language translations

How do you translate facial expressions?

Interpreting gestures and body language

Tahnee’s Pro Tip: DON’T DO THE OK SIGN IN BRAZIL!

Movie titles can be more descriptive in other languages

American movie titles in Portuguese, and Ben’s favorite, “Eleven Men and a Secret”

“Translator traitor,” “correct” translations, and ways to translate fiction

Songs in other languages, and Tahnee asks “Are translators artists?”

Food for though on “eating word” translations

Ben thinks about math when he hears the word translation?

Tahnee has questions about video game translations and localizations

Ben’s opinion on if translators for games need to have video game experience

All about the Twilight Zone episode “To Server Man”

Spoiler alert… “IT’S A COOKBOOK!”

Tahnee shares her video game research with Ben

Censorship, profanity, a bit from Netflix’s “The Pentaverate,” and the “Spoony Bard”

Ben explains to Tahnee how video games teach you how to play

Tahnee’s thoughts on the importance of translating documents

Game translation errors, and Tahnee’s expert assessment on “what went wrong”

The story or the “I AM ERROR” meme from “The Legend of Zelda 2”

Mango gets vocal to end the show

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Dr. Tahnee is back in studio to provide her expert opinions on the subject of translation! Ben may not be a “Spoony Bard” but all of his base do belong to them… as they discuss the intricacies of communicating source language content successfully in a target language. What does translation success mean or even look like? Listen in to their discussions and find out!

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